brér
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Du Cange,' and add
fót-bred
A foot-board ⬩ stirrup ⬩ tăbella in qua pĕdes requiescunt ⬩ astrăba
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A foot-board, stirrup; tăbella in qua pĕdes requiescunt, astrăba [q. v. in Du Cange] Fótbred [MS. fótbret] astrăba, Ælfc. Gl. 3; Som. 55, 67; Wrt. Voc. 16, 40
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a-cýðan
To show ⬩ announce ⬩ confirm ⬩ manifestare ⬩ annuntiare ⬩ confirmare
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Ǽr he hine acýðan móte ere he can show himself, Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 15 ; Gn. Ex. 49. Tom acýðan to make known or show one's affliction. Exon. 78a; Th. 293, 8; Wand. 113. Ðǽr me wæs yrre ðín on acýðed in me confirmata est ira tua, Ps. Th. 87, 7
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hefig-ness
Heaviness ⬩ slowness ⬩ weight ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction
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Heaviness, slowness, weight, grief, affliction Nán hæfignes ðæs líchoman ne mæg eallunga átión of his móde ða rihtwísnesse no heaviness of the body can altogether take away rectitude from his mind, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 29: 156, 12.
híd-gild
A land tax ⬩ tax paid on every hide
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W. cyninge syððan hé ðis land áhte wíðútan ðam hídgelde ðe nán man wiðútan Gode ánum átellan ne mæg this much has been paid from the church [of Worcester] to king William since he owned this country, besides the hide-tax, which no one but God alone can
for-molsnian
To putrefy ⬩ corrupt ⬩ make rotten ⬩ decay ⬩ putrefăcĕre ⬩ tabefăcĕre ⬩ macĕrāre
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Se ylca God, ðé ealle þing of náhte geworhte, mæg arǽran ða formolsnedan líchaman of ðam duste the same God, that wrought all things from naught, can raise up the decayed corpses from the dust, Homl. Th. ii. 608, 6
grindel
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Guest, English Rhythms, ii. 40, note 1, observes 'As far as we can judge from the drawing which accompanies the description, the grindel was a kind of heavy iron grating, which rather encumbered the prisoner by its weight, than fixed him in its grasp.
ge-mearr
A hindrance, error ⬩ a stumbling-block
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Can. Edg. 16; Th. ii. 248, 4. Gemear nugæ, errores, Gl. Prud. 662
hand-gift
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The Holy Ghost, as it were in the place of husband, makes the gift (q. v.) which is required before marriage can take place.] Cf. hand-leán
neowolness
A deep place ⬩ an abyss
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Neowelnyssa, Cant. Moys. 5. Neólnessa, Blickl. Homl. 93, 12. On þa neowólnesse ðæs seáþes in profunda, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 21. Neólnisse abyssos, Ps. Surt. 32, 7, Nywolnessa, Ps. Th. 103, 7
þweor-tíme
given to opposition ⬩ contentious ⬩ given to evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ depraved
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cani comparabis, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 16. given to evil, wicked, depraved And ðeáh ðonne hé ongiete ða scylda ðara ðweortiémena, ðonne geðence hé ðone ealdordóm his onwealdes cum pravorum culpa exigit, potestatem sui prioratus agnoscat, Past. 17; Swt.
wiþer-breca
An adversary
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Ðú forbriccest wiþerbrecan conteruisti adversarios, Cant. Moys. Ex. 15, 7: Cd. Th. 4, 35; Gen. 64
folc-geréfa
A folk-reeve ⬩ a people's governor ⬩ pŏpŭli præpŏsĭtus
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Du Cange, sub voce Actionator
for-wríðan
To bind up ⬩ stanch ⬩ oblĭgāre ⬩ supprĭmĕre
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To bind up, stanch; oblĭgāre, supprĭmĕre Gif ðú ne mǽge blód-dolh forwríðan if thou canst not stanch a blood-running wound, L. M. 3, 52; Lchdm. ii. 340, 19
wapolian
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Ingá forrotednys on bánum mínum and under mé heó wapelige ingrediatur putredo in ossibus meis et subter me scateat, Cant. Habac. 16. v. preceding word
wǽdelness
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ indigence ⬩ penury
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Ðonne ðæs sellendan mód ne cann ða wǽdelnesse (inopiam) geðolian, Past. 44; Swt. 325, 14. Wédelnisse, Ps. Surt. 43, 24
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fold-grǽg
Earth-grey ⬩ earth-coloured ⬩ instar terræ cānus
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Earth-grey, earth-coloured; instar terræ cānus Eá of dúne sceal foldgrǽg féran earth-coloured water shall proceed from a hill, Menol. Fox 521; Gn. C. 31
full-eáðe
Very easily ⬩ facillĭme
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Very easily; facillĭme Ne meht ðú fulleáðe cweðan ðæt ðú earm sé thou canst not very easily say that thou art miserable, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 22
ge-hwyrftnian
to tear
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hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne hý ðonne gecýdaþ on ðam ǽte hwylc heora mǽst mæg gehwyrftnian his successors afterwards rent and tore it most like to when the lion brings its hungry whelps something to eat, then they show in that food which of them can
ge-sóm
Unanimous ⬩ united ⬩ peaceable ⬩ concors ⬩ pācĭfĭcus
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Gesóme and to ðam geþwǽre ðæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid æalle fordón in union and in such accord that none can entirely destroy another, Shrn. 165, 33